Prelim

Question 1

Unless of course…

Answer 1

‘He brings a friend’

Question 2

Peace to unpack,

Answer 2

But I found none

Question 3

Here for the weekend

Answer 3

To state my permanence

Question 4

(Dun coloured walls,

Answer 4

One small window that used to frame your old horizons)

Question 5

Left in her

Answer 5

Pathetic shrine to your lost boyhood

Question 6

You never wrecked a nest, you said)

Answer 6

Invited guests among abandoned objects

Question 7

I shiver despite

Answer 7

The electric blanket and the deceptive mildness of the night

Question 8

First the welcoming.

Answer 8

Smiles all round. A space for handshakes. Then she put me in my place (oh with concern for my comfort)